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13-letter words containing d, i, s, g, r, a

  • grandstanding — the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
  • grants-in-aid — a subsidy furnished by a central government to a local one to help finance a public project, as the construction of a highway or school.
  • graphics card — graphics adaptor
  • grass widower — a man who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from his wife.
  • guard against — prevent
  • gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
  • hairdressings — Plural form of hairdressing.
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • hard standing — a hard-surfaced area on which heavy vehicles or airplanes can be parked.
  • hazard lights — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
  • head register — the high register of the human voice.
  • heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
  • horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
  • horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
  • kindergartens — Plural form of kindergarten.
  • land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
  • landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
  • landing strip — airstrip.
  • leading reins — straps or a harness and strap used to assist and control a child who is learning to walk
  • legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
  • losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
  • lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
  • masterminding — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
  • measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
  • merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
  • mills grenade — a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kg).
  • multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • niggardliness — The state of being niggardly.
  • nondecreasing — not decreasing.
  • over-standing — overreach (def 13).
  • overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
  • overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
  • paradigm plus — A configurable object-oriented CASE tool from Proto Soft.
  • parasite drag — the component of drag caused by skin friction and the shape of the surfaces not contributing to lift.
  • phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
  • playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
  • predesignated — to designate beforehand.
  • prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • primigravidas — a woman pregnant for the first time.
  • prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
  • pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
  • quadragesimal — of, relating to, or suitable for Lent; Lenten.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
  • rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
  • reading glass — a magnifying glass that people use to enlarge text to make it easier to read
  • reading speed — the rate at which something is read, often expressed in terms of words per minute. Reading speed is usually determined by the purpose of reading (for comprehension, learning, memorization, etc)
  • redesignation — an act of designating.
  • riding master — a person who teaches equitation.
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